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OXFORD -- A town man was charged with drunken driving after he showed up to pick up his 15-year-old son who had gone into the Naugatuck State Forest with friends to go swimming.

Pawel Dutkiewicz, 39, was charged with operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol and released on $500 bond.

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's Environmental Conservation Police responded to a report of swimmers in the reservoir. They found four teens in the area, one of whom had been swimming. The teens, all under 16, had gotten to the reservoir on motor scooters.

By state law, gas powered scooters need to be operated by someone over 16 and with a valid driver's license. Environmental Police officers asked the teens to call their parents to come pick them and the scooters up. When Dutkiewicz showed up to pick up his son he was arrested, according to a press release by the DEEP.

Dutkiewicz is due in court on July 25.

The teens were taken home by another parent who showed up, according to the DEEP spokesman Dennis Schain.

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